Owls, Climates, and Experts

Journal of Cognition and Culture Vol/Iss. 18(1-2) Brill Published In Pages: 66-88
By Munroe, Robert L., Gauvian, Mary

Hypothesis

Cold-climate societies, in contrast to warm-climate societies, will be less likely to associate owls with negative magico-religious owl terms than warm-climate societies.

Note

20.3% of cold-climate societies had negative magico-religious conceptions of owls in contrast to 40.1% of warm-climate societies.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Percentage ComparisonSupportedp < .01UNKNOWNOne-tailed